Contributor on DWL / Photography by Melissa Toms
Happy to announce that starting next Wednesday, I’ll be posting weekly on Design Work Life. My series is essentially an extension of Badass Lady Creatives (not-so-coincidentally, that site also launched yesterday), a project that I run which celebrates professional women in the creative industries. On DWL, I’ll be posting interviews, round-ups, badass women in history, and other lady creative news. It’s been interesting working from a social-media-first approach, but I’m so happy to have a permanent home for more robust posting.
I needed a landscape portrait for my posts on DWL, but having zilch—I tend to run away from the camera and/or make bizarre faces—Melissa Toms and I held a quick portraiture sesh. She did such a great job and has such a warm personality that it was easy to relax.
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Melissa is really great at event and food photography, often shooting with our mutual friend Olivia Rae James.
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Melissa also shoots some really beautiful, moody photos:
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Melissa’s site is in the works, but you can follow her on Flickr or Instagram.